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While hiking in Big Bend National Park in Texas, a trio of hikers was surprised to run into a mountain lion on the trail

Joey Thometz revealed that his group was on Boot Canyon Trail when the wild animal crossed in front of the group

After the hikers realized what was happening, they took preventative measures to avoid a serious encounter with the mountain lion

A group of hikers in Texas had a scary run-in with a mountain lion while exploring Big Bend National Park.

Joey Thometz was on Boot Canyon Trail with two other hikers when the group noticed something unexpected running across the path and disappearing again off the trail.

“All I could see at first was a large tan body, long tail, black tip,” he recalled to the Houston Chronicle . “It disappeared in the hills f

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